Conviasa Flight 2350
The crash site
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| Accident summary | |
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| Date | 13 September 2010 |
| Summary | Pilot error |
| Site | Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela |
| Passengers | 47 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 17 |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | 23 |
| Survivors | 34 |
| Aircraft type | ATR 42-320 |
| Operator | Conviasa |
| Registration | YV1010 |
| Flight origin | Santiago Mariño International Airport, Porlamar, Isla Margarita |
| Destination | Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana Airport, Ciudad Guayana |
On 13 September 2010, Conviasa Flight 2350, operated by an ATR 42-320, registration YV1010, crashed shortly before landing in Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana Airport, Ciudad Guayana, on a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Santiago Mariño International Airport, Porlamar, Isla Margarita, Venezuela killing 17 of the 51 people on board.
The accident aircraft was an ATR 42-320, registration YV1010, c/n 371. The aircraft made its first flight on 7 February 1994. It had originally served with Gill Airways before being sold to Air Wales. The aircraft was bought by Conviasa in September 2006. At the time of the accident, it had accumulated over 25,000 flight hours and completed over 27,000 landings.
47 passengers were on board the aircraft, including two French citizens. The aircraft had four crew members.
The pilots of the aircraft reported control problems shortly before landing. Witnesses said that the aircraft struck power lines at low altitude at 09:59 local time, and went down on a wasteland where materials used in a steel mill were stored. The steel mill was evacuated following the accident. Dozens of workers from the steel mill and firefighters pulled the survivors from the burning wreckage.
While the death toll was initially reported as 14, later reports revised it upwards to 15 and later to 17 as survivors of the initial crash died of injuries sustained. A total of 34 people survived the crash. Both the pilot and co-pilot were killed in the crash.
The Venezuelan transport minister Francisco Garces announced that representatives from Avions de Transport Regional (ATR) planned to visit the crash site and assist the investigation. Assistance in the investigation is to be given by the French Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile (BEA). The BEA provided two investigators, and ATR provided three technical advisers.
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